Nero felt his head is about to break because of the pain. Hangovers really indicate he's going to have a bad day. He felt there's something heavy around him, as he turned around, he almost screamed and immediately stood up and gets his Blue Rose. Looks like Dante was startled and his eyes widened as he saw the hysterical face of Nero and the Blue Rose pointed at him. He raised his hands as if trying to comfort or trying to lessen Nero's hysteria.

"What the fuck are you doing here?!" Nero's voice can be heard throughout the whole house. Dante gulped, not knowing what to answer. If he didn't choose his words right, he's sure as hell that he's going to have a hole in his head.

"K-Kid, j-just calm down and let me explain, okay?" Dante replied in a calm tone. Still, Nero didn't put down his Blue Rose.

"And also, I should be the one to ask you that. This is my room." Dante added. Nero looked around, noticing that it wasn't the room he was staying. The questions and embarrassment inside his head grew, causing him to scratch his nose, still not putting down the Blue Rose.

"Then, what the hell am I doing here?" Nero asked, his voice is now a little calm, but there's still a hint of freaking out. "And why am I only wearing my shirt and pants?! And why are you fucking shirtless, Dante?!"

Dante looked down; forgetting the fact that he's actually half-naked and he took off most of Nero's clothing. Now that he remembered what happened last night, he let out a small laugh, making Nero confused.

"What?!" Nero asked, his voice is rising again. Dante made a sheepish grin to Nero with his crystal eyes full of amusement.

"You really want to know the answer to your question?" Dante asked, still grinning to Nero. Nero slowly placed the Blue Rose down.

"Yeah." He answered. Dante's grin widened.

"Are you really sure about that?"

"Just tell me, Dante! I have a fucking hangover and you're making it worse!"

Dante just kept the stupid smile of his and stretched his legs. Nero was getting uneasy from that smile and Dante can see it. But, it seems to be more evil if he improvises the whole story just to tease the younger slayer, considering the truth is already embarrassing.

"Well," Dante started telling him the story. "You're so drunk that you whined to me that I should take you upstairs. When I asked where you wanted to sleep, you answered that you wanted to sleep beside me, so I take you to my room. You were whining that it's hot last night and perhaps ordered me that I should take off some of your clothing. Satisfied?"

Nero's face is turning red, and he's sure that the older hunter is not lying at all from his eyes. Dante, however, is amused at Nero's reaction. The kid is trying not to look so stupid in front of him and avoiding freaking out right now, and his face is too damn adorable for Dante.

"Not yet." Nero answered, trying to keep a stern face, not knowing that it's amusing Dante more. "Why are you half-naked?"

"Let's see... You asked me to do so." Dante grinned. "You said you want to see the result of my mercenary life in my physical appearance, so you initiated to take off my tops and I helped you. You touched my abs though in a very sensual way..."

Nero's jaws almost dropped. Now that Dante had told him what happened, the feeling of Nero's warm palms are still lingering in his tummy. It was a lovely and seductive for him when Nero did that last night.

"You're about to take off my pants when you fell asle-"

"Okay, stop!" Nero shouted, his eyes were shut close. And Dante wanted to laugh at Nero's situation, but he tried his best not to. Seeing the younger hunter flustered and disturbed from the memory makes him want to tease Nero more.

Nero's memories are coming back, and dear God, he wanted to commit suicide right now. He did touch Dante's abs! And he remembers his hands snaking its way to his pants! However, there's something he couldn't clearly see to the older hunter's eyes.

He didn't say a word and went downstairs, still blushing and embarrassed. As he saw a note on the top of the center table, he walked towards it and picked it up, seeing it was Lucy's note for them.

I'm going to the Order, the commander asked for my presence. Nero, if you are reading this, please, don't let Dante break anything, okay?

-Lucy

P.S. Just check Leon from time to time if he wakes up.

Nero re-read the letter again, seeing if he misread any parts of it when Anima slowly crept her way to Nero's back.

"Boo!"

"!"

Anima giggled. Nero sighed and smiled at her.

"You little kid." He pulled Anima closer and tickled her, making the soul laughed out loud. Nero stopped after a couple of seconds.

"Hey, little buddy. What are you doing?" Nero asked.

"I was asked by Lucy to make you guys your breakfast and keep an eye for Leon." Anima answered cheerfully. Nero gently ruffled her hair that made Anima feel good.

"What's for breakfast?"

"Bacon with vegetables and eggs. I also made a toast to match them."

"They sound good."

"They should be."

Nero chuckled lightly as he went to the kitchen, seeing what Anima had prepared. He sat down and started filling his tummy with the food. It was surprisingly tasty and delicious.

"Thanks for this, Anima." Nero said with his mouth half-full. "My hangover is relieving."

"Hangover..." Anima suddenly made a creepy smile. "I saw Dante carrying you last night."

Nero stopped chomping down his food and looked at Anima. The stupid grin of her reminds him a lot of Dante's. He shook his head and continued chewing down his food.

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"Nice to see you here, Riselle." Duisternis greeted Lucy. "I was wondering what day have you arrived since I am sure that Larosse told you to come earlier."

"The day before The Order arrived, sir." Riselle answered in a monotonous tone. "I still don't know what I have to do here."

"Oh, yes. We have to guard the whole city until the event." Duisternis told him. "You should wait for Larosse at the meeting room. He'll give you further information."

"Wait." Lucy said. Duisternis stopped walking and turned around.

"How did the Order have access to this city?" Lucy asked. Duisternis grinned.

"The Order is this powerful," Duisternis turned around and walked towards his room. "... Lucy."

Lucy's eyes widened. He's sure that Duisternis had called him in his real name. In either way, he has to be careful to Duisternis and get out of the Order as soon as the ceremony is over.

He made up his mind to pretend that he doesn't heard Duisternis or anything and proceeded walking his way to the meeting room. He was about to open the door when he heard voices inside. Lucy's eyebrows twitched and decided to listen to the conversation.

"No one's going to come inside here."

"B-But, I'm still worried."

Lucy's eyebrows met. He knows that voice perfectly. It was Kyrie and she's with another guy.

"Come on, Kyrie. I can't believe we still can't kiss even though your demon boyfriend is gone."

"Lacus, I just don't want to do it. Not right now. I know we've been hiding our relationship to Nero, but I really don't want to kiss you right now."

"Fucking slut..." Lucy mumbled. Without warning, he opened the door and glared at the two. Lacus is holding Kyrie tightly on the waist as she's leaning his back to the table.

"Get a room." Lucy told them in a dark tone. Lacus and Kyrie immediately scurried out the room, afraid of Lucy and his cold tone. Lucy sat down and propped his feet to the table.

"Dear God, I want to kill them both." He thought out loud, looking up.

His mind flew back to Leon, wondering what happened to him and what's happening to him at the house.

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Author's notes: Oookay... This is a really short chapter, I'm sorry. I just want to update, I know that I'm getting slow now because I have to take a summer class. But, I'll try my best to update every now and then, I promise!

I wonder how many people have missed Anima XD